Filling device



April 1941- J. H. PICKENS 2,236,834

FILLING DEVICE Filed Nov. 2, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 VACUUM L [NE Inventor JA MES P/cKE/vs,

Aito zeys April 1941- J. H. PICK'ENS' 2,236,834

FILLING DEVICE Fil ed'Nov. 2, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor JA MES h. P/cKE/vs I Attorneys Patented Apr. 1, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FILLING DEVICE James H. Pickens, Houston, Tex.

Application November 2, 1939, Serial No. 302,593

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a filling device, the general object of the invention being to provide means for filling receptacles, especially those having small filling orifices with liquid by the action of gravity and vacuum so that the receptacle can be practically instantaneously filled regardless of the size of the filling orifice.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of one form of the device for carrying out the invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the device.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the device.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

In these views the numeral 1 indicates a receptacle, such as a glass jar and the numeral 2 indicates a substantially dome-shaped cap threaded or otherwise attached to the mouth of the receptacle in an air-tight manner. A pipe 3 enters this cap 2 and extends to a point adjacent the bottom of the receptacle where the pipe is formed with a gooseneck 4 which is formed with a valve seat 5 in its extremity for an inwardly opening ball valve 6. The outer end of the tube or pipe 3 is adapted to be connected to a suction or vacuum producing device by a tube I. A cock 8 has its threaded shank 9 threaded in a hole in the cap 2 and this shank is formed with a lateral outlet Ill which is directed to the small end of the cap. A tube ll connects this cock with a tank [2 or other source of liquid supply. A partition l3 extends across the outer and small end of the cap and has a centrally arranged per-foration l4 therein and an annular flange 15 extends from the partition to form a cup for receiving the mouth of the bottle or other container B to be filled. A gasket I8 is placed in the bottom of the cup to form a tight joint with the receptacle B when the mouth thereof is pressed into the cup or the cup is placed over the topv of the receptacle.

The device is placed over the bottom or other container to be filled as shown in Figures 1 and 3 and the tube 1 attached to a vacuum producing device so that air will be drawn from the device and the container. Then the cock 8 is opened and the liquid in the receptacle l2 will fiow into the device both by the action of gravity and suction and it will almost instantly flow into the container B by the action of gravity and vacuum. This device will almost instantly fill containers through an opening hardly larger than the size of a pin. 1

The device is of special advantage in the filling of condiment bottles, hair tonic bottles and other bottles where the liquid can be bought in bulk but is used in small quantities and in bottles where the outlet is possibly a very small aperture.

The device can be readily constructed so that it will fill a plurality of bottles or receptacles simultaneously.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A bottle filling device comprising a receptacle of inverted jar-like form and having a threaded neck, a cup-shaped cap member for said receptacle threaded on said neck and ,having a flanged bottom adapted to fit over the mouth of a bottle, said bottom having a discharge aperture therein, a gravity feed supply tank separate from the receptacle, a valved inlet nozzle threaded into one side of the cap member, a tube connecting said nozzle to the bottom of the tank, a gooseneck tube arising from the other side of the cap member into the receptacle and having a lower end extending out of said member for connection to a vacuum line, and an inwardly opening ball valve in the upper end of said gooseneck tube.

JAMES H. PICKENS. 

